Modern life: People who need peepz

Talking of creatures that can survive anything, Paris Hilton's people have announced that she will give her first post-jail interview to Larry King on CNN, after deals with the US networks ABC and NBC fell through. Hilton will be released tomorrow in Los Angeles, where she has been serving a sentence for driving offences.

The New York Times reports that ABC offered her $US100,000 ($118,000) for a deal to include an interview plus photographs and videos but was told by Hilton's peepz (as she would say) that NBC was offering far more. On the print side, People magazine had made a deal to pay $US300,000.

After publicity about the financial negotiations, all deals were withdrawn. One of King's peepz said: "Larry King never pays for interviews." But she was unsure if the program had paid a fee to Getty Images, a photo agency that acquired rights to the first pictures of Hilton home from jail. Our peepz will let your peepz know as soon as we get more detail.